Sudan has been at war since April 2023 when fighting erupted between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
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The United Arab Emirates is emerging as the foreign player most invested in Sudan’s conflict.
South Sudanese voters are slated to go to the polls in December. But will they?
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The world’s youngest nation set a date for its first post-independence elections as intense anticipation reflects both an urgent need for stability and the high stakes involved.
A shop owner counts Ethiopian birr notes in his stall at the Shola Market in Addis Ababa.
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Ethiopia’s macroeconomic policy shift holds the promise of significant progress, but success is far from certain.
Giraffes at Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya.
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Giraffes show remarkable genetic differences between populations.
Members of the Sudanese Armed Forces on Aug. 14, 2023.
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Tehran is supplying weapons to the Sudanese Armed Forces as they fight a paramilitary group for control of the nation.
Fighting between the army and paramilitaries has seen Sudan descend into civil war.
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With both sides in Sudan’s civil war accused of recruiting Islamist militiamen, terrorist groups look set to capitalize on a power vacuum.
Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud with Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in March 2024.
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All states have limited security capabilities and they generally prioritise them close to home. where it matters.
A Somali soldier controls the crowd at a protest in the capital Mogadishu on Jan.3, 2024.
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Somalia has demanded that a memorandum of understanding – which would see Ethiopia gain access to the Red Sea via a Somaliland port – be ripped up.
The COVID pandemic set pupils back, but the problems in Ethiopia’s education system have deep roots.
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The shockingly poor exam results indicate underlying structural issues that extend far beyond the realm of individual student performance.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrives in Beijing on Oct. 16, 2023.
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed claims his landlocked country has a right to demand maritime access to a Red Sea port from its neighbors in the Horn of Africa − Somalia, Eritrea and Djibouti.
The Blue Nile river passes through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
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Hundreds of rivers are shared between two or more countries – this could be a source of cooperation or conflict.
A procession in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Musicians established themselves in the US, where they continued to practice their cultural life, which flourished.
The raging conflict in Khartoum could negatively affect trade flows through Port Sudan to the rest of the world.
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Sudan’s current conflict will have economic, social and political ripple effects across a number of countries
Jordanians being evacuated from Sudan amid fighting between two factions.
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Sudan’s location and natural resources have attracted international partners keen to benefit either geopolitically or economically.
A young herder grazes cattle on dwindling pasture in the drylands of Kenya.
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Instead of the deluge of external interventions, ways must be found to build resilience from below, drawing on local practices and networks.
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It is not the drought that causes disease outbreak, but instead the way society deals with dry conditions.
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African leaders must take radical actions to strengthen the continent’s voice and participation in future events.
A herder grazes cattle alongside wildlife in Samburu, Kenya.
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Conservation that places less emphasis on who may or may not use a piece of land could result in better outcomes for people and wildlife.
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High intensity rain has actually increased, which is topping up underground water stores.
A woman at a camp for those displaced by drought in Baidoa, Somalia, in September 2022.
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States with more capacity, more political inclusion and that make good use of foreign aid tend to see better outcomes.